Sir William Dolben KS KC (c. 1627 – 25 January 1694) was an English judge who sat as a Justice of the King's Bench. Born to William Dolben and his wife Elizabeth Williams, whose children also included John Dolben, later Archbishop of York, he joined the Inner Temple in 1647/8 and was called to the Bar in 1655, the same year that he graduated Master of Arts of the University of Oxford. He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1672, Recorder of London in 1676, and was knighted a year later on 3 February 1677. Dolben apparently served well as Recorder; when he was promoted a few years later, the Corporation of London gave him some silver plate "as a loving remembrance". He became a King's Counsel and King's Serjeant on 2 May and 24 October respectively, and on 23 October 1678 became a Justi